Means for supplying water



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J. BAKER.

MEANS FOR SUPPLYING WATER.

N0.326,192.' Patented Sept. 15, 1885. I

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' JOHN BAKER, OF SEDALIA, MISSOURI.

MEANS FOR SUPPLYING WATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,192, dated September 15, 1885.

Application filed April 30, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sedalia, in the county of Pettis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Supplying Vater; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art .to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to'the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has for an object a means whereby a sufiicient supply of water may be procured from wells for manufacturing or other purposes. It consists of a formation of a reservoir at the bottom of a shaft, a casing open at its upper end and water-tight at its lower end, let down into the shaft and into the reservoir, and plugs or inlet-pipes with valves or cutoffs, whereby the water may be drawn out of the reservoir.

It consists, further, in the combination, with the above, of force or other pumps for raising the water to the surface.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of a portion of the earths surface, showing a shaft sunk therein, with its lower end at or in a stratum which yields the desired quantity of water. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section showing the shaft and the tunnels or drifts cut laterally from the shaft into the watersupplying vein.

a represents a portion of the earths surface into which the shaft 12 is sunk. The shaft is carried down until its lower end reaches into a trough or reservoir, 2. stratum, a, which will yield a sufficient supply of water. The form of the shaft in cross-section may be any desired shape. It is shown in the drawings as oblong rectangular in full lines, and the casing round in dotted lines. It may be of an ordinary form.

From the lower end of the shaft drifts c are run laterally therefrom into the water-supplying vein, for the purpose of aiding the more rapid drawing of the water into the bottom of the shaft. It is well known that water will (No model.)

rise to a considerable height in shafts sunk into water-veins, as above explained. In some cases it will rise to the surface and overflow the brink of the shaft. In other instances it will rise halfway to the surface, and in any instance where there is any considerable supply in the vein the water will rise to a height to afford a quantity sufficient for extensive manufacturing and all other purposes. -It is the object of this invention to utilize, in a manner not heretofore done, this natural supply of water.

.To carry out theinvention a casing, d, is provided, which is open at its upper end, at or near the surface of the earth, and is closed water-tight at its lower end. It is not necessary that the upper end of the casing should be flush with the surface of the earth. WVhen the highest point to which the water will rise in the shaft is definitely ascertained, the top of the casing may be arranged just enough above this high-water mark to prevent any overflow of water into it. In this arrangement the sides of the shaft above the casing can be walled or boxed in any well-known manner. The casingis preferably made in sections d, bolted. together, as shown. The lower section, (1 is provided with a bottom, (1 which may be made as an integral part thereof, or made as a separate piece and secured by bolts.

The lower end of the casing up to the highwater point must be made water-tight, which is done by any of the well-known methods. The casing is let down into the shaft and rests on the bottom thereof, and is preferably placed closer to one side, as shown. This placing of the casing is done to provide a large space down which workmen may readily descend in case repairs are needed to the shaft, or to the casing or other parts, and more particularly to provide a dry place for the pump and such apparatus as must be placed near the bottom of the shaft. The water rises in the space sur- The plug is of any ordinary form, being provided with a cut-off and means for connecting the inlet-pipe to a force or other pump. Two or more plugs may be tapped in the casing.

The water may be drawn through a pipe joined to one of the plugs and carried tothe surface; but I prefer to raise the water by placing a force-pump orwaterengine in the lower end of the casing and connecting it directly with the plug, as shown. The pump is operated from the surface in the well'known manner.

The shaft and easing may be made of suitable size, so that two or more pumps maybe placed therein, the smaller of which may be used for pumping out any leakage or other water that may get into the casing. By an arrangement as hereinbefore described a suffieient quantity of water may be obtained from deep wells for any ordinary purposes.

In case the supply of water'is not sufficiently large, by simply having the shaft and reservoir at its bottom I increase the quantity to the desired anion nt by'running drifts, as-shown in Fig. 2. These drifts would vary with the amount of water found and the character of the stratum in which they would be placed, and might be ordinary drifts-such as are in use in mining-or they might besimplyborings from the bottom of the shaft, or they might be perforated iron tubes forced into the stratum, which plan might have to be adopted when working in astratum of quicksand or other similarone; The iron tubes or casing are provided where it is desired to use a force-pump and force the water direct into the water-mains or into a stand -pipe. When that is not desired, the tubing may be dispensed with and an ordinary Cornish or other similar pump used for bringing the water to the surface, or to a reservoir near the mouth of the shaft.

open at its upper end and water-tight at its lower end and let down into the reservoir, and

provided with one or more plugs or inlet-pipes and cut-offs, and pipes connected with said plugs to convey the water to the surface, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a shaft having a reservoir in its lower end, of a casing watertight at its lower end, open at its upper end, let down into the reservoir, one or more inlets or plugs tapped into the side of the casing, one or more force-.pumpsor water-engines arranged at' the bottom of thecasing'andconnected with the plugs orinlets, and the necessary-pipe or pipes for connecting the force pump .or .pumps with the pumping-machine at the mouth of the shaft, substantially as set forth.

3. The hereinbefore-described meanslfor securing a water-supply, consisting of a shaft sunk to a water-supplying vein,.a casingwatertight at its lower end, and of less dimensions than and let down into the shaft, whereby a water-receiving reservoir is formed between said casing and the wall or side of the shaft, and pipes or plugs tapped into the sides of the casing below the surface of the water in the reservoir, through which water may be drawn, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN BAKER.

\Vitnesses:

F. ApSAMPSON, E. J SMITH. 

